Center fielder Cameron Maybin will miss a second straight start Tuesday night against the Atlanta Braves and there is a possibility that he could be placed on the disabled list with damage to the posterior cruciate ligament of his right knee.

The injury is said to be more of a bruise that a strain. Maybin suffered the injury diving for a ball Sunday in Denver in just his fourth game back after spending 45 games on the disabled list with an impingement and inflammation in his right wrist.

The Padres might have already made a decision about putting Maybin on the disabled list had they had a deserving outfielder on the 40-man roster in the minor leagues.

The only healthy outfielders on the 40-man roster not already with the Padres are Jaff Decker (who is hitting .240 with five homers and 20 RBIs with Triple-A Tucson) and Yeison Asencio, who was recently promoted from Single-A Lake Elsinore to Double-A San Antonio.

Meantime., Logan Forsythe will be at second and Kyle Blanks will be at first Tuesday night (7:10 p.m.) at Petco Park as the Padres attempt to win a second straight game against the N.L. East leading Atlanta Braves.

They are in the lineup because the Padres have already lost rookie second baseman Jedd Gyorko (right groin strain) and first baseman Yonder Alonso (non-displaced fracture of the third metacarpal bone in his right hand) to the disabled list.

Forsythe hit a 445-foot homer over the bullpens in left-center on his first swing of the 2013 season Monday night. Blanks now owns the Padres longest active hitting streak at eight straight games (12-for-30) with three doubles, three homers, seven RBIs and eight runs scored.

BRAVES (39-25) at PADRES (30-34)

Time: 7:10 p.m. Game: 2 of 3

TV: Fox Sports San Diego

Radio: 1090-AM, 860-AM (Spanish)

Today’s matchup

Braves RHP Tim Hudson (4-5, 4.48 ERA)

Hudson vs. the Padres: 6-0 career, 2.70 ERA in 12 games (11 starts).

Hudson at Petco Park: 1-0 career, 4.02 ERA in four games (three starts),

Hudson, 37, joined the 200-win club earlier this season and has a career 201-109 record with a 3.45 ERA in 419 games (418 starts). Only once before in his career has he had an ERA higher than this season’s. This will be his 14th start of the season. He is 1-5 on the road this season with a 6.52 ERA in seven starts. The only relief appearance in Hudson’s career was against the Padres.